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Robyn Mawhinney

@discothistle.bsky.social
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Rural community advocate; Regional Director; printmaker; gardener; lover of the wilds on Quadra Island in the Salish Sea. Ligwilda’xw Territory. settler; she/her

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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 11h
💔💔 Maybe another pipeline will fix things for the orcas?
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SEAN ORR @seanorr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Vancouver deserves better than this petty Trump style smear campaign. A bunch of AI edited screenshots? Blog posts from 2008? Can’t attack my policies as a councillor? Pathetic.
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 22h
"So if you put that 30 centimetres of sea level rise on top of a king tide, and then maybe you add a winter storm to that, which causes a storm surge, that's when you really start to get into trouble," "This extra foot or so of sea level rise due to El Niño can pack a punch."
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A giant wave beneath the Pacific is heading toward B.C. Here's what it could do | CBC News
A giant underwater wave of water connected to this year's El Niño weather pattern is making its way up the west coast of the Americas, raising alarm bells amongst scientists worried about how climate ...
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Patrick Canning 🇨🇦 @patrickcanning.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
No.
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Is it really a good idea for the government to subsidize a pipeline? - Clean Energy Canada
Clean Energy Canada argues that the government’s huge subsidization of this project – up to 90 per cent of a $40-billion pipeline with ownership split evenly between Ottawa and Edmonton – lays bare a ...
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“We are concerned that an endorsement carries expectations… and that hidden, unelected power structures would lead to the slate, if elected, pursuing specific objectives for reasons completely opaque to residents,” Beauchamp said. I similar questions about the Campbell River slate.
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Andrea Woo @andreawoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Our government must act and clearly spell out where that line is, for Canadians and Americans alike. Passivity implies a kind of resigned consent, and this is not something we can afford. And if the government fails to act … Canadians must step in.”
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Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 04/10/2026
Why don't Canadians want to go to the US anymore? It's such a mystery. www.cbc.ca/news/world/f...
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Florida weighs ditching property taxes and sticking Canadians with the bill | CBC News
Florida voters are weighing whether to scrap residential property taxes and the state's governor has a solution to that potentially huge revenue loss: tax Canadians more.
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Thank you for the updated link 😊
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I wasn’t sure the Elections BC info was finalized? In the North Island riding it shows NDP and Conservative, however there are FB posts saying a Green candidate had his application accepted for the NI riding.
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Elections BC @electionsbc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Candidate nominations for the 2026 Provincial General Election closed at 1 p.m. today. We are now reviewing all nominations received to ensure they meet the requirements set out in the Election Act. The most current list of candidates is available at elections.bc.ca/candidates..
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 02/10/2026
Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
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Carney announces $1.2B investment to protect oceans from his own climate policy
Vancouver, BC – Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced more than one billion dollars in federal funding to keep the ocean safe from the consequences of his own actions.
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Elections BC @electionsbc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If you haven't done so already, today is the last day to update your voter information or register to vote if you want to receive a Where to Vote Card. It will only take a minute of your time! You can register to vote or update your voter information at elections.bc.ca/register
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🙌🙌 BC farmland for BC farmers.
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CHEK News @cheknews.ca · 01/10/2026
Indigenous communities along the newly-announced West Coast Oil Pipeline route were given just two months for consultations, and that was still more than the government initially planned. cheknews.ca/indigenous-communities-…
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Indigenous communities given just two months to consult on West Coast Pipeline
Indigenous communities along the newly-announced West Coast Oil Pipeline route were given just two months for consultations, and that was still more than the government initially planned.
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Adam Radwanski @aradwanski.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I won’t belabour this because I’ve written about it before, but the part of Carney’s pipeline pivot that I find impossible to justify is the government taking on the demand risk.
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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Carney's first-ever project designated as being in the “national interest" is...a crude oil pipeline. That means the oil pipeline can bulldoze past environmental laws, impact assessments, and Indigenous consultation. It can also kill all of Vancouver's orcas. Here's what you need to know:
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 01/10/2026
“Alberta government and the federally owned Trans Mountain Corporation would each own 45% of the pipeline, with … Pembina Pipeline Corporation owning a 10% stake through the construction phase.” Mark Carney said a new pipeline had to be privately financed, but now taxpayers are on the hook again.
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West Coast oil pipeline becomes 1st project designated in national interest | CBC News
The federal and Alberta governments have announced that a proposed pipeline carrying one million barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the B.C. coast has become the first project designated in the nati...
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 01/10/2026
Running roughshod over environmental protections, Indigenous consultation and workers’ rights is not nation building. It’s building a pipeline to the courts.
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Shannon Waters @sobittersosweet.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Whoa! Former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe is the BC Green candidate in Saanich South As chief coroner, 2011-2024, Lapointe was sharply critical of the BC government's response to the toxic drug crisis She's running against the NDP's Richard Zussman and Conservatives' Cathy Ounsted so far #bcpoli
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 01/10/2026
And this is WITH hosting the World Cup. Good works, folks. So much winning
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The story behind Orange Shirt Day
Orange shirt day was created by Phillish Webstad of Stswecemʼc Xgetʼtem First Nation. "I went to Mission for one school year in 1973/74. I had just turned 6 years old. I lived with my grandmother on the Dog Creek reserve. We never had very much money, but somehow my granny managed to buy me a new outfit to go to Mission school. I remember going to Robinson's store and picking out a shiny orange shirt. It had string laced up in front, and was so bright and exiting - just like I felt to be going to school! When I got to the Mission, they stripped me, and took away my clothes, including the orange shirt! I never wore it again. I didn't understand why they wouldn't give it back to me, it was mine! The color orange has always reminded me of that and how my feelings didn't matter, how no one cared and how I felt like I was worth nothing. All of us little children were crying and no one cared"
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 30/09/2026
recommended reading today — Aaron Hemens’ interview with Phyllis Webstad, published two years ago on @indiginews.bsky.social. Webstad is not even mentioned on the federal government’s webpage for NDTR/Orange Shirt Day indiginews.com/news/orange-...
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Orange Shirt Day’s founder fears Sept. 30 is being co-opted from residential ‘school’ survivors
‘I don’t want Orange Shirt Day to be forgotten — it was started by a survivor,’ says Phyllis Webstad, whose 11-year-old event now coincides with National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If we're going to talk about truth and reconciliation we should talk about Canada fighting First Nations in court. ijb.utoronto.ca/news/liberal...
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Liberals are playing legal hardball with First Nations over drinking water - Investigative Journalism Bureau
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government is playing legal hardball with First Nations fighting for clean drinking water — and First Nations are fighting back. Interviews and hundreds of pages o...
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“The land includes a salmon-bearing stream, and a Coastal Douglas-fir maritime ecosystem, which is one of the rarest ecosystems in B.C.”
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Chris Istace 🇨🇦 @stasherbc.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For all the reasons cited in this article highlights the case for why I brought forward my successful motion last month to prohibit data centres as a land use in North Cowichan. #ai #datacentres #bcpoli #localgovt
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UBCIC @ubcic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"I am calling for support as we head into National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th- I urge our supporters to not sit idly by, and instead to show up and participate in events First Nations are holding, and to wear orange shirts." GCSP www.ubcic.bc.ca/fnlc_condemn...
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First Nations Leadership Council Condemns White Nationalist Activity in Tk’emlúps te Secwepemc Territory
Working towards the recognition, implementation and exercise of our inherent Indigenous Title, Rights and Treaty Rights
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Spokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔥☄️ “this is fine”
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 28/09/2026
ICE is now lying in wait outside convenience stores, or at busy intersections. Agents are arresting people at international airports. Local police and sheriffs, deputized by the federal government, are detaining immigrants during traffic stops. ICE is now detaining more immigrants than ever before.
A chart that shows a timeline of ICE immigration enforcement against different significant events (Los Angeles raids, Minneapolis and Chicago raids), with a line in late March 2026 that says "New enforcement strategy begins" before a peak of over 1,500 daily arrests in July 2026.
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Gord Johns @gordjohns.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hundreds rallied in 12 coastal communities for fair federal ferry funding. Proud to stand with community and labour leaders, businesses, seniors, students and families. Thank you to everyone who joined us. I’ll carry your voices to Parliament. Sign by Tuesday: gordjohns.
Photos of tour.
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BC Green Party @bcgreens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Former BC Greens MLA Adam Olsen endorses Emily Lowan for Saanich North & the Islands! They’re teaming up to send Emily to the Legislature, and keep Adam and Rob’s legacy of standing up for the people of Saanich North and the Islands going.
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 27/09/2026
Pierre Poilievre tapping into what everyone is worried about in Canada: waitresses and welders paying taxes to the EU
Pierre Poilievre tweet: How does it save money for Canadians to force waitresses and welders to pay taxes to the EU?
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Jens Wieting @globalhome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great Globe article about the struggle to protect the last #oldgrowth in B.C., highlighting a key finding of Sierra Club BC's state of the forest report: at-risk old growth areas recommended for protection are logged at 4x the rate of other old growth #bcpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
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Opinion: Why do people return to Vancouver Island year after year to protect the forests?
What kind of relationship will we choose to have with forests that have witnessed multiple generations of history?
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The strategic vote is Green
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Canada's National Observer @nationalobserver.com · 25/09/2026
The RCMP's watchdog was set to release a report this week into police conduct at Fairy Creek and Wet'suwet'en. Then David Eby's sudden snap election call prevented its release.
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BC snap election stalls report on police conduct at Fairy Creek and Wet'suwet'en
Thanks to BC's snap election, Canadians won't know for at least another month whether the RCMP division that policed Fairy Creek and Wet'suwet'en protests needs reform.
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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The US in Africa is the epitome of mob diplomacy "Nice vaguely functioning healthcare system you got there. Hand us mining rights and private data or maybe it collapses" Zimbabwe held firm, and now it loses all US health funding allafrica.com/stories/2026...
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Zimbabwe: U.S. Announces End to All Health Funding in Zimbabwe
AMERICA will, at the end of this month, stop funding all health programmes in Zimbabwe it has been involved in for more than 20 years, Ambassador Pamela Tremont has revealed.
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And yet, as per BC Conservative Party bylaws, he can’t be the permanent leader. So it’s ‘dad energy’ till October 24 and afterward, all bets are off on who the permanent leader will be 🙃
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Jim Vanderwal @jimvanderwal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Anyone know if 4 days is the shortest term for a political party leader in BC?
Wikipedia page with picture of Peter Milobar MLA
Leader of CentreBC
In Office
September 18, 2026 - September 22, 2026
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Bottom-dragging trawling is finally getting the sunlight it deserves. Scraping/destroying the ocean floor, literal tonnes of ‘bycatch’ killed and discarded: bottom-trawl licenses need to be revoked!
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Chris Istace 🇨🇦 @stasherbc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A nice surprise and a good chuckle as the #BCGreens @bcgreens.bsky.social comms team used my #bluesky post quoting @emilylowan.bsky.social 's speech at @ubcm.bsky.social this week. Great speech and worth a listen. #bcpoli #britishcolumbia #greenparty #UBCM @bcgreencaucus.bsky.social
BC Greens leader Emily Lowan addressing UBCM delegates at the 2026 delegates
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Yeah! I took the dogs to the beach, peeped a sealion and a sunset ✨
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Andrew Kurjata @akurjata.ca · 18/09/2026
We’ve launched a livepage to cover ~whatever is happening~ in B.C politics today www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #bcpoli
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Former B.C. Conservative holds news conference with centrist party leader after 3 more MLAs leave opposition | CBC
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I voted no. You can too
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Yes, this. And, the current public purse (dust bunnies) being burdened by unnecessary election costs. And, contributing to a more cynical public 🤷‍♀️ #thanksbutnothanks
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Robyn Mawhinney @discothistle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey Laura, asset management is important for several reasons, and it’s not free 😉 Unless you’re ‘industry’ abandoning oil wells: 200,000+ in Alberta, who’s taxpayers must fund the clean-up 🏴‍☠️🦨🛢️
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Local BC News Headlines - Curated by CivicInfo BC @bcheadlines.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
#UBCM - Municipalities urge B.C. to restore Community Housing Fund, realign housing targets (BC) www.castanet.net/news/BC/6315...
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Municipalities urge B.C. to restore Community Housing Fund, realign housing targets
Municipalities across B.C. are urging the province to restore funding for stalled affordable housing projects and realign its provincial housing targets with the funding available to local…
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Tarnjit Parmar @tarnjitparmar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
👀 Premier Eby has hired a campaign manager amid rumours of a snap election. Eby denies plans for a snap election BUT Elections BC had a meeting with assigned & prospective election officers yesterday about the possibility & started calling potential voting locations to ask about space/training.
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